Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) Insider Barbara Powley Purchases 10,000 Shares

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) insider Barbara Powley purchased 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 17th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 106 ($1.32) per share, with a total value of £10,600 ($13,195.57).

Barbara Powley also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, February 9th, Barbara Powley purchased 151 shares of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies stock. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 98 ($1.22) per share, with a total value of £147.98 ($184.22).

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Stock Performance

Shares of MTU opened at GBX 103.50 ($1.29) on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 99.74 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 97.22. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a one year low of GBX 83.07 ($1.03) and a one year high of GBX 110 ($1.37). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.82, a quick ratio of 41.12 and a current ratio of 11.57. The stock has a market cap of £173.24 million, a P/E ratio of 940.91 and a beta of 0.97.

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 9th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 18th will be given a dividend of GBX 1.19 ($0.01) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 18th. This represents a yield of 1.17%. This is a boost from Montanaro UK Smaller Companies’s previous dividend of $1.18. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies’s payout ratio is currently 4,545.45%.

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Company Profile

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Montanaro Investment Managers Ltd. It invests in the public equity markets of the United Kingdom. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of small-cap companies operating across diversified sectors.